Giddyap Tin Lizzie, The Long Road Back to the Plow is a novel by Harold Thorpe. Set in rural Wisconsin, this is the story of Will O'Shaughnessy's rise from a poor farmer to a successful businessman in pre-depression America. Later ruined by the Great Depression, he is determined to return to farm life again.

Harold Thorpe grew up in Southwest Wisconsin. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Platteville where he earned his degree in education. He went on to earn his Master's in education from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and his doctorate degree in education from Utah State University. He taught several years at both the high school and college level and upon retirement decided he wanted to learn how to write fiction. Giddyap Tin Lizzie is his first book.